Mr. Lu Xun said in A Brief History of Chinese Novels that Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is "the most famous one in the special collection".

Mr. Guo Moruo wrote an inscription for Pu's former residence, praising Pu's book "writing ghosts and writing demons is superior, stabbing greed and stabbing abuse".

Lao She also commented on Pu Songling's "Ghost fox has personality, which is an article that makes people laugh".